Whistle Blowers Policy

WHISTLEBLOWERS POLICY

ON 1 JANUARY 2020, BOARDRIDERS INTRODUCED A WHISTLEBLOWERS POLICY.

 

THE POLICY APPLIES TO AUSTRALIAN BOARDRIDERS’ CURRENT AND FORMER:

(A)                OFFICERS

(B)                EMPLOYEES;

(C)                 SUPPLIERS OF SERVICES OR GOODS, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES (PAID OR UNPAID); AND

(D)                ASSOCIATES,

AND THEIR RELATIVES, SPOUSE AND DEPENDENTS (ELIGIBLE WHISTLEBLOWER).

 

AN ELIGIBLE WHISTLEBLOWER QUALIFIES FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 (CTH) (‘CORPORATIONS ACT’) IF:

(A)                THEY HAVE MADE A DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO A ‘DISCLOSABLE MATTER’ DIRECTLY TO AN ‘ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT’ OR TO ASIC, APRA OR ANOTHER COMMONWEALTH BODY PRESCRIBED BY REGULATION; OR

(B)                THEY HAVE MADE A DISCLOSURE TO A LEGAL PRACTITIONER FOR THE PURPOSES OF OBTAINING LEGAL ADVICE OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROVISIONS IN THE CORPORATIONS ACT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT CONSTITUTES A DISCLOSABLE MATTER OR AN ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT OR TO OBTAIN A COPY OF OUR WHISTLEBLOWERS POLICY, PLEASE CONTACT WHISTLEBLOWER.APAC@BOARDRIDERS.COM.